Bleiblerville Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

Bleiblerville Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Bleiblerville, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover public safety, disaster preparedness and relief, which this site groups under armed forces, emergency and public safety. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Bleiblerville Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $179k and spending of $118k, leaving 34% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $97k to $179k (+86%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 186%. Over the whole period it spent 83% of the income it received.

Among 9,128 United States charities whose main cause is armed forces, emergency and public safety and that reported income, Bleiblerville Volunteer Fire Department sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile, and in the 55th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Gordons Corner Fire Co ($179k), Boiling Springs Volunteer Fire Dept & Rescue Squad ($180k) and Shell Lake Area Fire Association ($179k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 19% and program service revenue 0.0% of the total. At year end it held assets of $739k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $739k.